Vintage swamp cooler for car
(Note: Missouri residents will be charged 6.600% sales tax). If questions, please contact us PRIOR to bidding. This design is based on the Thermador swamp cooler. Mounted on the passenger side door at the top of the window to blow in cool air when filled with ice. These were used on older cars from the 30s to the 50s. Vintage Window Mounted Evaporative Cooler The 1947 Present Chevrolet Gmc Truck. This is a vintage style window mounted air cooler, for 1/24 1/25 model cars and trucks. We're EXTREMELY conscientious sellers, package VERY carefully & SHIP IMMEDIATELY - see our feedback! We try to be as accurate as we can when describing the condition of an item, but please look closely at the pictures & YOU be the judge. A car cooler is an automobile window-mounted evaporative air cooler. NEVER A HANDLING FEE OR PACKING CHARGE & LOCAL PICK-UP IS ALWAYS WELCOME! Payment due w/in 10 days of auction end or item will be relisted. Item(s) will be thoroughly padded for protection and carefully wrapped/packed to ensure safe arrival. buyer pays ACTUAL BOXED shipping method of choice, which INCLUDES TRACKING. we will ONLY SHIP THIS ITEM TO CONFIRMED USA ADDRESS.
Vintage swamp cooler for car zip#
This will be thoroughly padded and carefully packed in sturdy shipping box to ensure safe travels (15 1/2 lbs boxed packed weight from our zip 65807 to your postal zone, and box size is considered 'oversized large package' by usps). We try our best to give an accurate description as to condition, and pics should tell whole story. Any color variation, shadows, blurs or other spots not mentioned are from camera flash glare or reflection. Again, this is UNTESTED and sold AS IS, so please examine all photos for best visual description of actual item you will receive. Again, this Thermador Car Cooler is UNTESTED and sold AS IS, so please message any questions or concerns before you bid.Ĭomplete unit measures approx 19-1/2 inches long. If you don't see something that you think "should" be there and it's not in the photos, then it's NOT INCLUDED. It appears to be in working (or restorable) condition, but WE HAVE NO WAY TO TEST IT. The rope pulls out all the way, and retracts back inside on its own (some fraying on rope and end, as pictured). Overall good UNTESTED, USED (usable &/or restorable) original vintage cosmetic condition with normal expected dings, discoloration, surface scratches, scuffs, scrapes, and paint nicks or chips consistent with age & use, but NO CRACKS, NO noticeable dents or repairs. PLEASE USE ZOOM FEATURE TO CLOSELY EXAMINE ALL 12 PHOTOS FOR BEST VISUAL DESCRIPTION OF ACTUAL ITEM AND COSMETIC CONDITION ~ YOU WILL RECEIVE EXACTLY WHAT'S PICTURED. Los Angeles California, U.S.A." (some scrapes on sticker, as pictured). Original sticker reads "THERMADOR CAR COOLER ~ THERMADOR ELECTRICAL MFG. Any material in a cooler that old will probably not work well.From local estate, we have an authentic vintage THERMADOR CAR COOLER (evaporative or swamp cooler) that hung on the passenger door and blew cooled air into the automobile (back in the day, before air conditioner compressors). You can still buy originals online, but they can cost several hundred dollars and I don't know if you can replace the padding. I had an old Firestone window cooler that had a cord you pulled to rotate the padded drum to keep it wet. Their efficiency goes down as the humidity goes up. Swamp cooler pads are usually made from aspen. Them were the days! Have never seen anything like them since. By the late 1960s they were eventually replaced by the air conditioning. At the time it was the only thing you could use to cool down on those sweltering hot days. Vintage Bullet Cool Matic Swamp Car Cooler Thermador Og.
It had a water pump, and a fan to circulate the air. Vintage Swamp Coolers or Car coolers, were used between the 1940s and the 1960s. Had a cord with clips that you attach to the car electrical system.
Vintage swamp cooler for car portable#
I also had a portable swamp cooler my uncle gave me when I was a kid in the '50's that looked like R2D2. It would blow air through a material like burlap and you pulled a knob to refresh the water while you and the family were traveling down the highway. But in the late 50's I remember a gizmo that looked like a vacuum cleaner you filled with water and stuck it in the car window. I didn't want to hijack the other post about getting hot.